VIDEO UPDATE: Builders who saw armed police incident praise officers

James Butler and Jennifer Logan

Two builders who got caught up in the armed police incident that closed a town centre road praised officers for their ‘calm and cool’ response.

When Bradley King, 23, and Louie Daly, 27, woke up this morning, they thought it would be a normal day at work.

Bradley King, 23, (left) and Louie Daly, 27, carpenters of Bear Walter Construction, had been working on a roof in Salisbury Road when armed police came in and cordoned off the road after reports of weapons in a house SUS-170525-154730001

But little did they know they would be eyewitnesses to armed police surrounding a property in Salisbury Road, doors down from the roof they were fixing.

Sussex Police confirmed the armed officer presence was because of reports of a house filled with several weapons, and the road was closed for a few hours before officers reopened it at around 3pm. Click here for the original story.

The two carpenters from Bear Walter Construction said they were initially worried for their safety when the police closed the road – but their response showed everything was under control.

Lead carpenter Louie said he did think ‘what if?’ at first: “It gets your heard turning doesn’t it? We are on the roof and we can’t see what is below us and it is crawling with police, blocking off the road.”